The discography of Japanese-American R&B and pop singer Hikaru Utada consists of eleven studio albums, four compilation albums, eleven video albums and numerous singles and promotional singles. Utada began as a musician in the early 1990s as a member of U3, a family unit made up of her, her mother Junko Utada, also known as 1970s enka singer Keiko Fuji, and her father, musical producer Teruzane Utada. U3 released their debut album Star in 1993, with the hope to debut in America.[1][2] In 1996, the group was rebranded as Cubic U, an R&B project focusing on Hikaru Utada, resulting in the English language album Precious in 1998 with record label Toshiba EMI.[3][4]
| Hikaru Utada discography | |
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 Utada at Sephora in New York City (2009) | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Video albums | 11 |
| Singles | 51 |
Utada continued releasing music with Toshiba EMI, debuting as a Japanese-language musician in December 1998 with the single "Automatic" / "Time Will Tell", and releasing her debut album First Love in 1999. The album was a phenomenal success, becoming the most sold album of all time in Japan.[5] Her second album Distance was released on March 28, 2001, on the same day as singer Ayumi Hamasaki's compilation album A Best. Both sold over three million copies in their first week, becoming the respective highest and second highest selling albums in Japan in a single week.[6][7]
Before the release of her third album Deep River (2002), Utada signed with American record label Island Def Jam and music corporation Universal to release English language globally.[8] This resulted in her global debut album Exodus (2004), under the mononym Utada. Utada returned to the Japanese market with her albums Ultra Blue (2006) and Heart Station (2008). Her song "Flavor of Life" (2007), the theme song for the drama Hana Yori Dango Returns, sold over eight million downloads, and became the second most downloaded song globally of 2007 after Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend".[9][10]
Utada released her second global English album This Is the One in 2009. After a compilation album featuring an extended play of new material, Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 (2010), Utada went on an extended hiatus for personal reasons, however she briefly returned to release the song "Sakura Nagashi" for the animated film Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012).[11][12] She made her official return in 2016 with the album Fantôme, again to commercial and critical success.[13][14]
Albums edit
Studio albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales[A] | Certifications | |||||||
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| JPN [15] | JPN Hot [16] | KOR Intl. [17][B] | US [21] | US World [22] | |||||||
| Precious (as Cubic U) |
| 2 | — | — | — | — |
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| First Love | 1 | 80 | 62 | — | — |
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| Distance |
| 1 | — | 70 | — | — |
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| Deep River |
| 1 | — | 67 | — | — |
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| Exodus (as Utada) |
| 1 | — | — | 160 | — |
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| Ultra Blue |
| 1 | — | 97 | — | — |
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| Heart Station |
| 1 | — | 89 | — | — |
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| This Is the One (as Utada) |
| 3 | — | — | 69 | — |
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| Fantôme | 1 | 1 | 47 | — | 1 | ||||||
| Hatsukoi |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 |
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| Bad Mode |
| 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes an item that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Compilation albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||
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| JPN [15] | KOR [50] | KOR Intl. [17][B] | |||||||||
| Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 |
| 1 | — | 28 |
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| Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 |
| 1 | 12 | 1 |
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| Utada the Best (as Utada) |
| 12 | — | — |
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| Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1+2 HD |
| — | — | — |
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| Science Fiction |
| 1 | — | — |
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| "—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music or Gaon Charts, or items that did not chart. | |||||||||||
Live albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| JPN [15] | ||
| Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios |
| —[C] |
| "—" denotes items that were ineligible to chart because no physical edition was released. | ||
Other albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [60][61] | |||
| Star (among U3) |
| 33[D] |
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Extended plays edit
| Title | Extended play details | Peak positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [15] | JPN Hot [62] | FRA [63] | SCO | US World [22] | ||||
| One Last Kiss |
| 2 | 1 | 112 | 58 | 12 |
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Singles edit
As lead artist edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[E][26] | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [15] | JPN Hot [66][F] | US [86] | US Dance Club [87] | US World [88] | ||||||||||
| "Time Will Tell" | 1998 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| First Love | ||||||
| "Automatic" | 73[G] | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Movin' On Without You" | 1999 | 1 | —[I] | — | — | — |
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| "First Love" | 2 | 5[K] | — | — | — |
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| "Addicted to You" | 1 | —[L] | — | — | — |
| Distance | |||||||
| "Wait & See (Risk)" | 2000 | 1[M] | —[N] | — | — | — |
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| "For You" | 1 | —[O] | — | — | — |
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| "Time Limit" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Can You Keep a Secret?" | 2001 | 1 | —[P] | — | — | — |
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| "Final Distance" | 2 | —[Q] | — | — | — |
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| Deep River | ||||||
| "Traveling" | 1[M] | 27 | — | — | — |
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| "Hikari" | 2002 | 1 | 5[R] | — | — | 3[S] |
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| "Sakura Drops" | 1 | 74[T] | — | — | — |
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| "Letters" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Colors" | 2003 | 1[M] | —[U] | — | — | — |
| Single Collection Vol. 1 / Ultra Blue | ||||||
| "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" | 2004 | 1[V] | —[W] | — | — | — |
| Our Last Day: Casshern Official Album / Ultra Blue | ||||||
| "Easy Breezy" (as Utada) | 15[X] | — | — | — | — |
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| Exodus | ||||||
| "Devil Inside" (as Utada) | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||||||||
| "Exodus '04" (as Utada) | 2005 | — | — | — | 24 | — | ||||||||
| "Be My Last" | 1 | —[Y] | — | — | — |
| Ultra Blue | |||||||
| "You Make Me Want to Be a Man" (as Utada) | — | — | — | — | — | Exodus (UK Edition) | ||||||||
| "Passion" / "Sanctuary" | 4 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Ultra Blue | |||||||
| "Keep Tryin'" | 2006 | 2 | —[Z] | — | — | — |
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| "This Is Love"[AA] | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Boku wa Kuma" | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Heart Station | |||||||
| "Flavor of Life" | 2007 | 1 | —[AB] | — | — | — |
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| "Kiss & Cry" | 2 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Beautiful World" | 80[AC] | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Stay Gold" | 2008 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
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| "Heart Station" | 2 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Prisoner of Love" | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
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| "Come Back to Me" (as Utada) | 2009 | — | 3 | — | 5 | — |
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| This Is the One | |||||
| "Dirty Desire" (as Utada) | — | — | — | 16 | — | |||||||||
| "Hymne à l'amour (Ai no Anthem)"[AD] | 2010 | — | 7 | — | — | — | Single Collection Vol. 2 | |||||||
| "Goodbye Happiness"[AD] | — | 1 | — | — | — |
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| "Sakura Nagashi" | 2012 | 4[AE] | 2 | — | — | 10 |
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| Fantôme | |||||
| "Hanataba o Kimi ni" | 2016 | — | 2 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Manatsu no Tōriame" | — | 5 | — | — | — |
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| "Michi" | — | 5 | — | — | — |
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| "Ōzora de Dakishimete" | 2017 | — | 3 | — | — | 21 |
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| Hatsukoi | |||||
| "Forevermore" | — | 6 | — | — | 20 |
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| "Anata" | — | 2 | — | — | 13 |
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| "Play a Love Song" | 2018 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
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| "Hatsukoi" | — | 2 | — | — | — |
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| "Chikai / Don't Think Twice" | 6 | 41 | — | — | 3 | |||||||||
| "Face My Fears" (with Skrillex) | 2019 | 3 | 98 | — | 1 | Bad Mode | ||||||||
| "Time" | 2020 | 4[AF] | 7 | — | — | 16 |
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| "Dare ni mo Iwa Nai" | 20[AG] | 28 | — | — | 21 |
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| "One Last Kiss" | 2021 | 1[AH] | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| One Last Kiss / Bad Mode | ||||||
| "Pink Blood" | 24 [AI] | 16 | — | — | 20 |
| Bad Mode | |||||||
| "Kimi ni Muchū" | 6[AJ] | 2 | — | — | 14 |
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| "First Love (2022 Mix)" / "Hatsukoi (2022 Remastering)" | 2022 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Science Fiction | ||||||
| "Gold (Mata au Hi Made)" | 2023 | 35[AK] | 10 | — | — | — |
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| "Naniiro Demonai Hana" | 2024 | 20[AL] | 4 | — | — | — |
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| "Somewhere Near Marseilles" (Sci-Fi Edit) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the Billboard Japan Hot 100, Gaon or G-Music charts, were ineligible to chart or did not chart | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[26] | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [15] | JPN Hot [AM] | ||||||||||||
| "Rainy Day" (among Cubic U) | 1995 | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||
| "New Life" (among Cubic U) | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Tsumetai Tsuki (Nakanaide)" (冷たい月 ～泣かないで～, "Cold Moon: Don't Cry") (Keiko Fuji with Cubic U) | 1996 | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Thank U" (among U3) | 1999 | 39 | — |
| Star | ||||||||
| "Golden Era" (Keiko Fuji with Cubic U) | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "Kodomotachi no Uta ga Kikoeru" (子供たちの歌が聞こえる, "I Can Hear the Children's Song") (among U3) | 2002 | — | — | Star | |||||||||
| "Do You" (Ne-Yo featuring Utada) | 2007 | — | — | Ne-Yo: The Collection | |||||||||
| "Anata ga Matteru" (The Back Horn featuring Hikaru Utada) | 2017 | 21 | 40 |
| Non-album single | ||||||||
| "Lonely One" (Nariaki Obukuro featuring Hikaru Utada) | 2018 | — | — | Bunriha no Natsu | |||||||||
| "The Sun & Moon in Tokyo" (Ringo Sheena featuring Hikaru Utada) | 2019 | — | 43 | Apple of Universal Gravity | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the RIAJ monthly ringtones chart, or did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Promotional singles edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [15] | JPN Hot [66][F] | JPN Adult | |||||||||||
| "I'll Be Stronger" (as Cubic U) | 1997 | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| "Close to You"[3] (as Cubic U) | 1998 | — | — | — | Precious | ||||||||
| "Fly Me to the Moon"[AN] | 2000 | 16 | — | — |
| "Wait & See (Risk)" (single) / Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Original Soundtrack | |||||||
| "Parody" | 2001 | — | — | — | Distance | ||||||||
| "Distance" | — | — | — |
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| "Play Ball" (プレイボール, Pureibōru) | 2002 | — | — | — | Deep River | ||||||||
| "Deep River" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Tokyo Nights" (東京NIGHTS, Tōkyō Naitsu) | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Fight the Blues" | 2008 | — | 1 | — | Heart Station | ||||||||
| "Eternally (Drama Mix)" | — | 36 | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI" (as Utada) | 2009 | — | — | 54 | This Is the One | ||||||||
| "Beautiful World (Planitb Acoustica Mix)" | — | 8 | 2 |
| Single Collection Vol. 2 | ||||||||
| "Arashi no Megami" (嵐の女神, "Storm Goddess") | 2010 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Can't Wait 'Til Christmas" | — | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| "Show Me Love (Not a Dream)" | — | 27 | — | ||||||||||
| "Nijikan Dake no Vacance" (featuring Ringo Sheena) | 2016 | — | 23 | — | Fantôme | ||||||||
| "Bōkyaku" (忘却, "Forgotten") (with KOHH) | 2017 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Marunouchi Sadistic" (Hikaru Utada & Nariaki Obukuro) | 2018 | — | 44 | — | Adam to Eve no Ringo | ||||||||
| "Too Proud (L1 Remix)" (featuring XZT, Suboi EK) | — | 65 | — | Hatsukoi | |||||||||
| "Shōnen Jidai" (少年時代, "Boyhood") | 2019 | — | —[AO] | — | Inoue Yosui Tribute | ||||||||
| "Beautiful World (Da Capo Ver.)" | 2021 | — | 40 | — | One Last Kiss | ||||||||
| "Find Love" | — | —[AP] | — | Bad Mode | |||||||||
| "Bad Mode" | 2022 | — | 23 | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items that were ineligible to chart or did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Other appearances edit
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Blow My Whistle" (Hikaru Utada & Foxy Brown) | 2001 | Rush Hour 2 Soundtrack |
| "Promise "I Do"" (Maki Ohguro featuring Hikaru Utada) | O | |
| "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (Ringo Sheena with Hikaru Utada) | 2002 | Utaite Myōri: Sono Ichi |
| "Kaze ga Fuiteru" (風が吹いてる, "The Wind Is Blowing") (Kuzu featuring Hikaru Utada) | 2003 | Kuzu Album |
| "Colors (Orchestra Version)" | Beautiful Drivin' Classic: Wish | |
| "I Love You"[AQ] | 2004 | Blue: A Tribute to Yutaka Ozaki |
| "By Your Side" (Timbaland - Kiley Dean - Utada) | Unity: The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album | |
| "London City" (Devlin featuring Hikaru Utada) | 2010 | Bud, Sweat and Beers |
| "Sanctuary" (French Montana featuring Hikaru Utada) | Mac & Cheese 3 | |
| "Sanctuary Part II" (French Montana featuring Hikaru Utada) | 2016 | Wave Gods |
| "Final Distance (13 Years Distance Mix)" (Ai and Hikaru Utada) | The Feat. Best |
Video albums edit
Music video albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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| JPN DVD [15] | ||
| Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 1 | 1 | |
| Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 2 |
| 1 |
| Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 3+ |
| 3 |
| Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 4 |
| 2 |
Live concert video albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications | ||||
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| JPN DVD [15] | JPN Blu-ray [15] | TWN [173][AR] | |||||
| Bohemian Summer 2000 |
| 1 | — | — | |||
| Utada Hikaru Unplugged |
| 1 | — | — | |||
| UH Live Streaming 20-dai wa Ikeike! (20代はイケイケ!, Nijū-dai wa Ikeike!, "Your 20s Are Funky!") |
| 3 | — | — |
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| Utada Hikaru in Budokan 2004: Hikaru no 5 (ヒカルの5, "Hikaru's 5") |
| 1 | — | — |
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| Utada United 2006 |
| 14 | — | — | |||
| Wild Life: Live at the Yokohama Arena 2010 |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Utada: In the Flesh 2010 |
| — | — | — | |||
| Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018 |
| — | 2 | — | |||
| "—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music Chart, or were not released physically. | |||||||
Notes edit
- ^ Sales provided by Oricon database and are rounded to the nearest thousand copies. All sales figures are for physical copies, unless otherwise noted.
- ^ a b References for Gaon: Single Collection Vol. 2.[18] References for Gaon Overseas: First Love, Distance, Deep River, Single Collection Vol. 1, Ultra Blue, Single Collection Vol. 2,[19] Heart Station.[20]
- ^ Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios did not enter Oricon Album chart, but peaked at number 3 on Oricon Digital Album chart.[59]
- ^ Charted in 1999.
- ^ Sales are for physical single sales, unless otherwise noted.
- ^ a b Sources for chart positions are as follows:"Stay Gold",[67]"Heart Station",[68]"Fight the Blues",[69]"Prisoner of Love",[70]"Eternally",[71]"Come Back to Me",[72]"Beautiful World (Planitb Acoustica Mix)",[73]"Hymne à l'amour (Ai no Anthem)",[74]"Goodbye Happiness",[75]"Can't Wait 'Til Christmas",[76]"Show Me Love (Not a Dream)",[77]"Sakura Nagashi",[78] "Face My Fears",[79]"One Last Kiss",[80]"Pink Blood",[81]"Kimi ni Muchū",[82]"Bad Mode",[83]"Gold (Mata au Hi Made)",[84]"Naniiro Demonai Hana"[85]
- ^ Charted in 2014[89]
- ^ a b c Initially received a 4× Platinum certification for 1,600,000 copies shipped, however the 4× Platinum threshold was retired in 2003.
- ^ Charted at number 63 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ a b c Received a 3× Platinum certification for 1,200,000 copies, however the 3× Platinum threshold was redefined as 750,000 copies in 2003.
- ^ Charted in 2022[95]
- ^ Charted at number 58 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ a b c Also charted at number 1 on the DVD chart.
- ^ Charted at number 39 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ Charted at number 85 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ Charted at number 18 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ Charted at number 65 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ Charted in 2017. Though Hikari's Ray of Hope Mix was promoted as a separate release, Billboard Japan combined the remix with the original single version for charting purposes.
- ^ Charted in 2017. Though Hikari's Ray of Hope Mix was promoted as a separate release, Billboard combined the remix with the original single version for charting purposes.
- ^ Charted in 2012.[109]
- ^ Charted at number 77 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart in 2011, and at number 26 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[112][93]
- ^ Also charted at number 10 on the DVD chart.
- ^ Charted at number 46 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ Charted on the DVD chart.[118]
- ^ Charted at number 98 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ Charted at number 73 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ Despite receiving a digital only release, "This Is Love" was described as a single by Utada's official website.[124]
- ^ Charted at number 5 on the Streaming Songs chart in 2017.[93]
- ^ Charted in 2021.
- ^ a b "Hymne à l'amour (Ai no Anthem)" and "Goodbye Happiness" were songs that received a digitally exclusively release, described as singles by Utada's official website.[141]
- ^ Charted on the DVD chart.
- ^ Charted on the Combined Singles Chart.[152]
- ^ Charted on the Combined Singles Chart.[153]
- ^ Charted on the Combined Singles Chart.[154]
- ^ Charted on the Combined Singles Chart.[156]
- ^ Charted on the Combined Singles Chart.[157]
- ^ Charted on the Combined Singles Chart.[161]
- ^ Charted on the Combined Singles Chart.[162]
- ^ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Anata ga Matteru"[163] and "The Sun & Moon in Tokyo"[164]
- ^ Originally released as a commercial vinyl record of remixes in 2000, a new recording of the song was released digitally on June 27, 2007, to promote the film Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone.
- ^ Charted at 75 on the Download Songs chart.[171]
- ^ "Find Love" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart, but peaked at number 73 on the Billboard Japan Top Download Songs Chart.[172]
- ^ Originally performed during their Bohemian Summer 2000 tour. The audio is a remastered version from the performance featured on the DVD.
- ^ Positions were taken from 2005 week 37 for Single Collection Vol. 1, 2006 week 24 for Ultra Blue, 2008 week 13 for Heart Station, 2008 week 21 for "Prisoner of Love", 2009 week 12 and 2009 week 13 for This Is the One, 2010 week 50 for Single Collection Vol. 2, 2011 week 23 for Wild Life, 2014 week 50 for First Love.
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